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GEORGE ELI MATTOCKS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 5, 1947 – February 22, 1970
Service recordGeorge Eli Mattocks, of Miles City, Montana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 46
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Miles City, Montana (Custer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 46
- HAROLD LYNN CHITWOODPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
- BRUCE EDWARD MARTINPrivate · February 22, 1970
- DENNIS PHILIP MARTINPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
- THOMAS RICHARD MOORE JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1970
From Miles City
- TRACY HENRY MURREYFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1967
- RONALD HAL DERENBURGERSergeant · January 18, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT YARGERSergeant · March 23, 1969
- ALEXANDER DUANE NEIBAUERLance Corporal · April 14, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.